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“Where men have broken down thsir 
constitutions, invested their last pen^ 
ny, or patiently accepted years of very 
trying and toilsome work, it is only 
fair that they should, at least for a 
time, enjoy the fruits of their labour, 
and that others who have done little 
or nothing should not be permitted to 
rob them of it. ” 


HAROLD BINDLOSS, 



IPicfator^ TRcmarhs, 


WKiulcrt’ul and iK-i’ilous luaicii this .'in,*- 



ta*!sstiil traviTsal of over three hundred 
miles of the ditheultly penetrable territory ly- 
ing between ('olesberg in (’ape Colony ami 
K.roonstad in the Free State ; and, although 
the lloers nuHlestly make light of the aehieve- 
ji'.ent, too mueh eredit ean scarcely be award- 
ed to the daring and skillful leader and faith- 
ful men Avho so gallantly accomplished it in 
tjjjjditi* 'Of Kt>berts’ cnormcus army and vaunt- 
ed 'Strategy- 

Sinister rumors are ])ersistently circulated 
alleging -gross neglect by the Jlritish of the 
many helpless }»risoners 'now in their ])ower ; 
if the world was really civir.izKD, its j)eople 
would first j)rotest ami then, if necessary, in- 
tervene. There is but little likeliluxxl of 
any such humane jnax-eedures being taken, yet 
nevertheless, resolved to do my duty, I have 
added lines five to twenty of page five to 
those of the original }x>cm. 


(Vugust 7th, IfiOO. 


•Ibis iiivitogtapb £0tUon 
nted in Colors on Deckel-edge Papet^ 
Limited to 200 Copies. 

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I was ill ilic Afrit* Autuinu — 

'IMit* wlifat was in the far — 

J'ast (Iroiiiiy Krooiista*! villaict* 

'I'lit* swflliii!^ ^’aIsll wound iinar. 


In (jiiiot country beauty 
Tilt* r>oer village lay, 

Kngeninietl 'mid rip'ning harvests, 
Hard by the river's way. 

*^l'he suiinv skies of April 

Shiiu* o'er a smiling scene ; 

I bit Art'S and llellona 

Shall erimson-warj) yon green! 

Ah I otliers than the sowers, 

Shall rea|» the nodding^ grain, 
fallow lie yon ct»ni-lands 
'Till fair Peace smiles again. 


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for tlu' faniiors of tlu* Stai'Ii: 

H:iv(‘ cast tlie sickle down, 

Ainl riuiiir their frt'c didiance 

.\t tlie liiri'liiiixs (if a (’rown T 
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Lo ! lvroonsta<l teems with action, 

AVhen on its street a]»i»ears 
A rauufed little army — 

IJrave men of <)i.ivii;n's ! 

No fanfaron of ti'nm]»ets. 

No homhast-lieat of drum, 

Sound with a stormy rt'veilh* 

AVhere these ufrave huri>hers come 

N<»t lliishM with veno’efnl trinm])h 
From |>ayinix past arrears ; 
\V(*arin«i- no erime-stain’d laurels 
Heavy with human tears! 

AVlum into Kroonstad villaijre 

Inrode their toil-worn hanrl,, 
lly mountain breezes roughened, 

l>y bright veldt sunshine tanue«f 

The IJoers’ approving silence, 

The Irish legion’s cheers. 
Welcomed these after-Xenophons — 
These troops (d' Oi.i viicn’s. 


iLoiig — long, ihoir niaivli, and clarinsj 
From afar C’apo C'olony 

Along the grim wild hunlerland 

Where the ~Ehuitu skirts their lea. 

’'riirough many a W'indiug valley, 

O’er many a hriislHcro'Wned liill ; 

I’ast many a lonely hamh*t 

Safe from the llriton still ! 

I’ast dismal heaps of asln's. 

Marking onee hajtpy honu's 

Where now the Wehr-wolf, Kuin, 

In sounding silenee roams. 

^Kound where the famed IJIaek Mountan! 
Sent’nels the C^aledon ; 

And day and night throngh <langm*-hin»l 
l>y Oi.iviKU led »m ; 

M'ith Freneh's vannted cavalry 
And many a llritish force, 

Alanoenvred near to hem them in 
Or turn their onwanl course. 

5iut Kouw.vui) jwessed the dauntless — 
The farmer-hero 'l)and — 

■Save when they paused to strike a hloAC 
At the spoilers of their knul. 


.F;i^ iiiid Iif.'ivy iVil su<^ strokes, 

i.ike iho kiH)ut''^<- <rn Uusski’s slavoi?; 

Kocnian on roi'iinui laviiii^ love 

Ne'er to he Imiiud in g/Uves ! 

iVt ('oi.KsnKin; liud t)ic‘ Riiton, 

K(‘ared the Avliite sheet ol' shame 

And and I^aoyhkano 

NVove cypress o\-r his ’rune-. 

And many a iniinir skirmish 

Had seen liis icsl-eross ■ilatf 

J )o\vnln>tl(h‘n dee]> in rohher 
A rent, disin>h>vred, ‘ntg ! 

< >h •! 'fh'* t^Syoni seinns dim an<I ravh’Ss 
W hen a '[’yrant l)ares its l»latle ; 

Dnt elect rie-like it tlaslies, 

W’lieii hy i-i:i;i;.\i KX 'tis dis)i'a.ye<l 

-Ami Freemen m»\y n|iln>hl it 
In in nneijiial tight. 

For tln-ir hi’o.id lands ami liberties. 

All je<»pardi/,ed by Mi*ght 1 

•Ail<l yonder <*ame they mareliing, 

'flrave, simple, men of ihew, 

•U'fg'lit I’nll of honest pnr|»ose, 

’^S'ifli kindly lu-arts and (rtiel 

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Freish from the field and farmstead — - 
New tc* war’s bloody game, — 
From Wiiiberg and from ('olesberg, 
And llarrismith, they came ; 

All ! sail the bree/e seemed bearing. 

As on the troo]iers tramjied, 

Their starving infants wailing 
. In far-off prisons eamped ; 

All dear them hail been gathered, 

As a Kaffir corrals game, 

And penned like helpless cattle 
In murder-camps of shame. 

Gloving each IJoer, in jiassion 
To raise his rifle high, 

A>id vow unto his god beyoml 
The blue dome of the sky, 

That never should that weapon hang 
Inactive on Home's wall 
Till slain or captive he should be — 
Or ’venged those children, all. 

On ! in portentous silence. 

Each with resolved, set face, 
^Marched, barless, till he grounde<l arms 
In Kroonstail market-] >Iaee. 


U'oni by a, humlrfd liar<lsi'ii^)S — 

Like fantasias these, of «b‘eains 
From o'er the bouhlerM kojj^jes 

^Vjid through tlie torrent-streams,. 

Witli old men bearing rifles 
Ridiet of olden time ; 

Keeping (j.uick step Avith cliildren; 

And folk o-f middle })rime 

Witli garments rent aiul soil-sytaint^il*. 

J)Ut souls devoid of fear, 

Safe into Kroonstad village 

^aieh’d the Boe-rs Avith Olivier, 

TheyM fought and toiled and triumpli’d; 

Lo ! their goal Avas Avon at last ! 
IX'spite tlie mier^TUiary might 

AU England ’gainst them masse L 

TIail Tinto tlie heroes all 1 

Hail unto tlie farmer band 1 
Braving exile ; daring death j 

Martyrdom for Fatherland ! 

Tlieir deeds sliall never jierish, 

Freemen sliall hold them dear. 
And gladden o’er the glory 
t)f skillfnl' Olivier. 


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,Aik 1 Avlien tlio war over 

And frac-turM Eni^land’s cl.ain — 
►Or darken’d Avith dislionor. 

Victoria’s latter reign — 

(Grandsires shall tell the children, 

On eaeh recurrent year, 

•Of Ar'KiKAXDEU prowess ; 

Of “The ^r.vjRoii of Oeivieu. ” 

THE END, 


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7^ IIK NATMtN ()U I.MIIVIIH AI. THAT, AI,TIIor«.H 
^ roSSKSSKI> OF TIIK I’OWKK To FUKVKNT IT, 
KKIIOI.OS WITH INDIFFKKKNOK, AlMMfOVAI., Oil Al*- 
ATirV, TIIK T'ttllANNY OF A I’OWKKFFL STATE OH 
KI I.KK THE WKO.\«; OVER A WEAKER COMMFM- 
TY OR REINO WHOSE CArsE IS RIOHT, FAX TRl’TH- 
Fl l.l,Y. 1-AY X(o< I,aI.M WHATEVER To (’l VIMZATloX, 
NVeaI.TH, liEI.UJIO?, I.>;iK’STRY, IMlO«;RKSS IX 

Alir AXI) SciEXFE, Al.l. — FAll., OF THEMSEI.VES A- 

I.(»XE, T<l < I\TI,r/-E ; IT IS THE HOMEI.Y YlRTl’ES 

THAT SFREI.Y TEXH To EI.EVATE A FOMMOXWEAETH 
OR AX IXOIV IIF’AI- TOWA'JOS AX 1 1 »EAE. STATE. 



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